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Surah An-Nisa, ayah 176

The Women · Medinan · 176 ayahs

4:176

یَسْتَفْتُونَكَؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُ یُفْتٖیكُمْ فِی الْكَلَالَةِؕ اِنِ امْرُؤٌا هَلَكَ لَیْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُٓ اُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَۚ وَهُوَ یَرِثُهَٓا اِنْ لَمْ یَكُنْ لَهَا وَلَدٌؕ فَاِنْ كَانَتَا اثْنَتَیْنِ فَلَهُمَا الثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرَكَؕ وَاِنْ كَانُٓوا اِخْوَةً رِجَالًا وَنِسَٓاءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْاُنْثَیَیْنِؕ یُبَیِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَضِلُّواؕ وَاللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَیْءٍ عَلٖیمٌ

Yastaftoonaka quli Allahu yufteekum fee alkalalati ini imruon halaka laysa lahu waladun walahu okhtun falaha nisfu ma taraka wahuwa yarithuha in lam yakun laha waladun fain kanata ithnatayni falahuma alththuluthani mimma taraka wain kanoo ikhwatan rijalan wanisaan falilththakari mithlu haththi alonthayayni yubayyinu Allahu lakum an tadilloo waAllahu bikulli shayin AAaleemun

Translations

They request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, "Allah gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs]." If a man dies, leaving no child but [only] a sister, she will have half of what he left. And he inherits from her if she [dies and] has no child. But if there are two sisters [or more], they will have two-thirds of what he left. If there are both brothers and sisters, the male will have the share of two females. Allah makes clear to you [His law], lest you go astray. And Allah is Knowing of all things

Saheeh International

They ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: Allah hath pronounced for you concerning distant kindred. If a man die childless and he have a sister, hers is half the heritage, and he would have inherited from her had she died childless. And if there be two sisters, then theirs are two-thirds of the heritage, and if they be brethren, men and women, unto the male is the equivalent of the share of two females. Allah expoundeth unto you, so that ye err not. Allah is Knower of all things

Marmaduke Pickthall